KMS Headquarters,Germany | BOB Architektur

In an industrial park in Kamp-Lintfort to the new headquarters of KMS. The new building of the local-machine-Services includes a workshop of 400 sqm and an office area of approximately 200 m² plus 100 m² of warehouse and outbuildings. The task of a new hall constructed in the competition with a finished part hall stood, had a very tight budget.
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Mitchell Copp Building, Winnipeg | 5468796 Architecture

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commercial / office space
10 000sqft
The Mitchell-Copp building emerged during an era of intense growth and economic development along Portage Avenue, one of Winnipeg’s most important arteries. Constructed in the early 1900s, the building was converted to a bank in 1920, with renovations including the monumental facade it still has today. Extensive fire damage later destroyed the interior, leaving behind a burned-out shell that remained empty for years before its recent acquisition by the North Portage Development Corporation.

The new design contains four floors of offices suspended over a restaurant space that is sunken into the former basement. This floating, translucent box is set back from the walls and front facade, bringing daylight to the interior and creating an impressive, forty foot high volume free of visual obstructions.

The project is a study in contrast between old and new, simplicity and classical embellishments, letting the existing building speak through texture and ornament. Blackened brick walls will be cleaned and left exposed, and glazing in the barrel-vaulted ceiling and arched window on the facade will be restored.

Manzenreiter Headquarters and showroom,Freistadt, Austria | xarchitekten

Location: Etrichstraße 1, A-4240 Freistadt, Upper Austria
Client: Karl Manzenreiter & Sons Ltd.
Planning data:
Design Competition 1998, 1 Price
Planning Start Date: May 1998
Planning End Date: July 1999
Commencement: December 1998
Physical Characteristics:
Usable area: 3064 m 2
Cost: 40 million A T S

Photos: Paul Ott
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LBBW Immobilien - Headquarters - Stuttgart | LAVA

The LBBW headquarters is a forwardlooking component of the development of Stuttgart. The zero-energy office building combines high quality public domain life with a resource-optimised workplace.
The innovative office concept is based on the findings of the research project, Office 21 by the Fraunhofer Institute. The traditional, modular building block
differs in the proposal in favor of a centralized system. The building is divided both horizontally and vertically
and interconnected via an atrium - the central location and communications heart of the project.
The 41,000 square meter zero-energy office building is efficient in both its energy consumption and construction.
An adaptive façade system allows light control, shading and energy optimisation. The facade consists of circular discs with integrated photovoltaic elements. By moving these elements the appearance of the building changes during different times of day. The energy generating
facade moves seamlessly over the structure, articulated at the roof level as a sensuous fifth facade.
Client: LBBW Immobilien
Location: Pariser Platz, Stuttgart, GER
Status: Study
Area: 41.500 sqm
Consultants:
Structure: Werner Sobek Ingenieure,
Stuttgart, GER
Climate: Transsolar KlimaEngineering,
Stuttgart, GER

all picts: LAVA

Center for Information Comperj,Rio de Janeiro | Andrade Morettin Arquitetos

The headquarters of the Center for Information of Comperj in Itaboraí play a key role in the future petrochemical complex that Petrobras will implement in the region. The CI will be the gateway to the site. Therefore, the new building has to represent very clearly the values that the company defends, including modernity as well as social and environmental responsibility.
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